this will decide what kind of nation ever want to worry about the fiscal cliff. it's obviously a very important issue. we will be solved that issue. but today mr. rate in cities like new york, chicago and detroit and elsewhere, kids are now being condemned to a life that's going to be very humbling and frustrating because i know for a fact this case are not going to be able to read. they're not going to compete and they're not going to make up some miraculous way in the 12th grade. so having this twist of focusing on national security may lead this country to understand that if we don't get off the path we are on, we're on a path to a very different kind of america. the person who deserves enormous credit contriving this task force is secretary rice. [applause] >> well, let's talk for a minute about what it would take two if you will, close the gap between where we are and where we want to be. one way to think about it is just the basic skills. one thing we've decided that the council on foreign relations is also the large issue of content. what damage this priva